Thomas Green (less properly Greene) (1658 – 18 May 1738) was an English academic and bishop.

Life

He was born in

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, and educated at

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and

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Corpus Christi College (full name: "The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary", often shortened to "Corpus"), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. From the late 14th century through to the early 19th century ...

, where he graduated B.A. in 1679 and became a Fellow in 1680. He was Master of Corpus from 1698 to 1716, clashing with

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, and Vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge, in 1699 and 1713. With the support of

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, he became chaplain to

Sir Stephen Fox Sir Stephen Fox (27 March 1627 – 28 October 1716) of Farley, Wiltshire, Farley in Wiltshire, of Redlynch, Somerset, Redlynch Park in Somerset, of Chiswick, Middlesex and of Whitehall, was a royal administrator and courtier to King Charles ...

, and rector of

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. He was

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from 1708 to 1721.'Archdeacons: Canterbury', ''Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857'': volume 3: Canterbury, Rochester and Winchester dioceses (1974), pp. 15-17. URL

Date accessed: 17 January 2010. A British Whig Party, Whig in politics, he became chaplain to

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, and rector of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields in 1716. In 1721 he became

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, and in 1723

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. As bishop of Ely, Green had visitatorial powers at

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, and intervened from 1729 in the quarrel between

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, who was the Master, and the Fellows. The matter dragged out and went to the

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, only terminating in Green's death. He was known as a “finical” character, a taker of

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and sometimes called “Miss Green” for his feminine face.

References

*Adaptation of ''

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'', article Green, Thomas (1658–1738) {{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Thomas 1658 births 1738 deaths Bishops of Ely Bishops of Norwich Archdeacons of Canterbury Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Masters of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge People educated at Norwich School Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge 18th-century Church of England bishops